Croft Cottage, Torridon, Scotland Royalty-Free Stock Image

This quaint lochside croft house, sits beside loch Shieldaig in the Scottish highlands, in the area of Wester Ross. Historically, the crofter and his family would have existed on livestock and fishing, with root crops grown for animals, and the winter. This building is now used as a holiday cottage, the roof is constructed from corrugated iron painted with red lead, as protection from the weather.